Standing Together, Standing Apart

Cultural Co-belligerence Without Theological Compromise

by R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

An ominous sense of urgency surrounds any gathering of those who claim the
name of Christ and would dare to speak of eternal things. Darkening shadows
and a sense of cultural decline are now settled on the Western Christian conscience
with a heaviness of spirit and a tragic sense of loss.

We must not claim that Christianity is the property of Western civilization,
but we do acknowledge that Western civilization, such as it is or was, is the
product of Christianity and of Christians. Darkness has always loomed in the
background, if not in the forefront of Western culture. The critical turning
points in Western history were moments when darkness was defeated or dispatched,
often just in the nick of time
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